Imagine my delight when only a couple of days after I had finished We Have Always Lived in the Castle, I saw a trailer for the film version, which is released this month, starring Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, and Sebastian Stan . Having watched the trailer, I can honestly say that it appears to follow the book, word for word. I now can’t wait to watch the rest and see Merricat and Constance’s story on the big screen! Read More
vis-is-it-ood
A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
Early 17th century (in the sense ‘alternation’): from French, or from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim ‘by turns’, from vic- ‘turn, change’.
ev-an-es-ent
Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
Early 18th century (in the sense ‘almost imperceptible’): from Latin evanescent- ‘disappearing’, from the verb evanescere (see evanesce).
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an-hed-own-ee-a
An Inability to feel pleasure in normally pleasurable activities.
Late 19th century: from French anhédonie, from Greek an- ‘without’ + hēdonē ‘pleasure’.
gah-gan-choo-un
Enormous
Late 16th century: from Gargantua, the name of a voracious giant in Rabelais’ book of the same name (1534), + -an.
per-ee-pat-et-ik
Travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods.
Late Middle English (denoting an Aristotelian philosopher): from Old French peripatetique, via Latin from Greek peripatētikos ‘walking up and down’, from the verb peripatein.
a-naf-or-a
(grammar) The use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition, for example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb do in I like it and so do they.
(church) The part of the Eucharist which contains the consecration, anamnesis, and communion.
Late 16th century: anaphora (sense 1, via Latin from Greek, ‘repetition’, from ana- ‘back’ + pherein ‘to bear’; anaphora (sense 3) from late Greek.
pul-krich-ood-in-us
beautiful
From the Latin adjective pulcher, “beautiful.
kap-shus
Tending to find fault or raise petty objections.
Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘intended to deceive someone’): from Old French captieux or Latin captiosus, from captio(n-) ‘seizing’, (figuratively) ‘deceiving’ (see caption).
